Week 30

One exam down, one more to go! In the next two weeks, we will review many math concepts and strategies as we get ready for the NYS math test. This exam will also be two days in length and children will be required to solve a variety of math problems. To best help your child, please encourage him or her to practice multiplication and division facts. It would also be extremely helpful to practice addition and subtraction facts to avoid making calculation errors. Please use the following links for a review:

• https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/subtract-two-two-digit-numbers-with-regrouping
• https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/add-two-two-digit-numbers-with-regrouping

Here's what's happening next week: 

• We will have Dance class on Monday and Thursday. A note went out today regarding the Dance Share on April 26th, at 9:00am. Students will perform a dance they worked on . Please join us if you can!
• We have started Poetry for our next Reading and Writing unit. Poetry is a fun unit that kids enjoy due to some silliness in texts. We will focus on finding meaning in the poems we read by paying attention to the writing strategies poets use and how there can be a story, message, image, or mood conveyed in a poem.  We will build poems using writing strategies like similes, metaphors, line breaks, etc. Please check out our Amazon Wishlist on the right of this post if you would like to purchase some poetry books for our class. Thank you!
• We are finishing up our Unit 10 Math work (Time and Measurements) and moving forward with Unit 11's work on Area. We are exposing children to questions from previous test to help them read the problem with understanding and to decide what math is required to solve each problem.
• After wrapping up our learning about China, we will now visit the continent of Africa. This unit will focus on the resources and cultures of a few of the many countries students will learn about through reading, performances and videos. 
• The Annual Earth Day parade will start at 8:45am on Friday. PS 154 is also hosting it's first Sustainability Drive. Clothing can be brought to school so that it can be recycled. 

On a final note, thank you all for the support you have given to our children during this exciting week. ELA testing can be challenging but you have helped prepare your child to do their best and to maintain a healthy perspective. 

Have an excellent sunny weekend!